Judge tosses lawsuit over Rocori deaths:
A wrongful death lawsuit against the Rocori school district in Minnesota and against the father of a school shooter has been dismissed, but not because the case didn’t have merit.
Seth Bartell and Aaron Rollins were gunned down by John Jason McLaughlin. 15-year-old McLaughlin was sentenced to life in prison last year.
The families of the victims filed the suit claiming negligence by the school and by McLaughlin’s father.
However, the case was dismissed on what I consider the smallest of technicalities…
Todd County District Court Judge Jay. D. Carlson dismissed the lawsuit, ruling that the attorneys representing the Rollins and Bartell families had not complied with rules governing proper filing of civil lawsuits. Specifically, Carlson ruled that those attorneys failed to include their Minnesota address and that they improperly filed the lawsuit on behalf of the parents, rather than the trustees for each of the slain students.
And people wonder why the court system is so jammed up.
There is reason to believe that the lawsuit can be refiled.
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